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Barley, boiled, stomach, two hours. Apples, sour, mellow, 

 raw, stomach, two hours ; masticated, vial, eight hours thirty 

 minutes. Cabbage, with vinegar, raw, stomach, two hours ; 

 shaved, vial, ten hours fifteen minutes. Beans, pod, boiled, 

 stomach, two hours thirty minutes. Parsnips, boiled, stomach, 

 two hours thirty minutes ; mashed, vial six hours forty-five 

 minutes. Potatoes, Irish, roasted, stomach, two hours thirty 

 minutes ; do., baked, stomach, two hours thirty minutes. 

 Cabbage-head, raw, stomach, two hours thirty minutes ; masti- 

 cated, vial, twelve hours thirty minutes. Apples, sour, hard, 

 raw, stomach, two hours fifty minutes ; entire pieces, vial, 

 eighteen hours. Bread, corn, baked, stomach, three hours fif- 

 teen minutes. Carrot, orange, boiled, stomach, three hours 

 fifteen minutes ; mashed, vial, six hours fifteen minutes. 

 Bread, wheaten, fresh, baked, stomach, three hours thirty min- 

 utes ; masticated, vial, four hours thirty minutes. Turnips, 

 flat, boiled, stomach, three hours thirty minutes. Potatoes, 

 Irish, boiled, stomach, three hours thirty minutes; mashed, 

 vial, eight hours thirty minutes." Green corn and beans, boiled, 

 stomach, three hours forty-five minutes. Beets, boiled, stomach, 

 three hours forty-five minutes. Parsnips, boiled, entire piece, 

 vial, thirteen hours ; parsnips, raw, vial, entire piece, eighteen 

 hours. Carrot, orange, raw, vial, entire piece, seventeen hours 

 fifteen minutes. 



Supposed Influence of Nerves on Digestion. An idea has 

 often prevailed in past times that the digestion of the aliment 

 in the stomach is much under the influence of nervous power 

 communicated by the nerves of the stomach. It is certain 

 that secretion in the stomach is to a certain extent influenced 

 by the gastric nerves, and not less certain that the move- 

 ments of the organ are at least modified by the like agency. 



Many experiments have been made with a view to clear up 

 these points. It is very certain that division of the nerves of 



